Matthew 1:21, 23, 25 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.
Luke 3:38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Luke, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, describes Adam as the son of God. He was created without a mother. God formed him.
1 Corinthians 15:45-49 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
Adam was formed and created by God. Jesus is eternal and was sent from God the Father to this earth. Adam had no mother on earth because he was the first human being. Jesus had no father on earth because He was conceived of the Holy Spirit. Both Jesus and Adam are refered to as the son of God, Jesus with a capital S because He is God, God the Son. Adam was created by Him. He has no beginning or end.
The Old Testament is a geneology of Adam. The New Testament is the geneology of Jesus Christ. Interesting verse in Isaiah's prophecy in the 53rd chapter concerning Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer,and though the Lord makes His life an offering for sin, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand. Jesus will see His offspring. He was not married. Who are His offspring? John 1:12-13 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jesus' offspring are those who believe. His family is comprised of those who believe.
Hebrews 2:11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given.
Matthew goes back to Abraham in his geneology.
Luke goes back to Adam.
John goes back into eternity.
1. The Virgin Birth
He came miraculously.
Isaiah prophesied this. 7.14
God the Father sent His Son. Mary with child by the Holy Spirit.
John 3.16
The virgin birth is a mystery. To those of us who believe we are familiar with the mysteries of the faith. One of the biggest ones for me is why He chose me.
Mysteries of God are to be adored. There are mysteries in a normal birth. How much more is this supernatural one! A miraculous conception. Son of God and Son of man.
There is the finite and the Infinite, there is the mortal and the Immortal, corruption and Incorruption, the manhood and the Godhead, time married to eternity!- Spurgeon
There was a short time when, as far as we can see, no one except Mary herself, believed what the angel had told her. Talk about lonliness!
Virgin Birth- unlike any other birth involving a man and a woman.
*Jesus is from eternity. He had no beginning. He was with the Father in Heaven before He came to earth.
*He was given by His Father (John 3.16)
*He was born of Mary which was the way He came into this world
Joseph must have been filled with a strange and agonizing perplexity as he pondered this.
So Mary had a problem. She knew the truth but also knew no one would believe her. They would assume the worse. People often do. Joseph is an example for us. Even though he feared the worse he did not act in an exteme manner. He could have pushed for the full extent of the law. John 8:5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?”
Joseph was acting in mercy like God. Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy and not sacrifice
Marrying Mary was to protect her and the secret would be kept for sometime.
Matthew 1:24-25 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.
2. His Name is Jesus
Why this name?
Joshua, son of Nun rescued his people, Israel, from their enemies.
Jesus, the Son of God, came to rescue people from their sins.
Jesus, the Name Above all names.
Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
1 John 3:23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as He commanded us.
John 20:30-31 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
3. He is the Savior of the World.
He shall save His people from their sins.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
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